East Lansing — When Alan Haller travels with the football team, the Michigan State athletic director rarely spends time in the suite he’s typically provided. Instead, he’s on the sidelines ...

WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR: When Michigan hosts Michigan State, plus more on 2024 Big Ten schedule While the circumstances aren't exactly apples to apples, Haller may have a point.

Michigan State Athletic Director Alan Haller speaks during an introductory news conference, Sept. 7, 2021, in East Lansing, Mich. Haller is out as MSU AD, the university announced Thursday.

Haller was and is all of that. A Spartan to the core, someone who bleeds green and white. MORE: Michigan State AD Alan Haller on alcohol sales at Spartan Stadium, Big Ten changes, more ...

Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith, right, talks with athletic director Alan Haller after MSU's victory over Florida Atlantic on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller looks on during the college football game between Michigan State and Youngstown State at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, on Saturday, September 11, 2021.

Nearly 30 ex-Michigan State football players and former basketball star Shawn Respert are backing Alan Haller as the Spartans' next athletic director.

Sources: Michigan State to promote Alan Haller to athletic director this week The 50-year-old Lansing native, the Spartans' deputy AD and a former MSU Police lieutenant, will replace Bill Beekman.